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Aug 18, 2010 This week's theme Words that appear beheaded This week's words estival auteur irenic utilitarian rotund Eirene holding the child Plutus (wealth). Translation: Peace raises wealth. Roman copy of a Greek statue by Kephisodotos (c. 370 BCE) Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg irenic PRONUNCIATION: (eye-REN-ik, eye-REE-nik) MEANING: adjective: Promoting peace or conciliation. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eirene (peace). Eirene/Irene was the Greek personification of peace. USAGE: "Kate Neal's Hourly Scrutinising floated ecstatically, emphasising irenic calm and harmony." Peter McCallum; A Beautiful Darwinian Experience; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Nov 21, 2009. Explore "irenic" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. -Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)

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